Lancashire
Lore A miscellany of
country customs, sayings, dialect words, rhymes, games, village memories and
recipes.
by the Lancashire Federation of Womens
Institutes
Illustrated by Vivienne Keirby
Paperback: 88 pages
Publisher: The Lancashire Federation of Women's Institutes (1971)
Those who do not know its beauties think
of Lancashire as a dour and grimy county peopled by taciturn factory workers who
speak with a strange and comical accent. Little has been done on television or in
modern literature to change this image.
We who were born in Lancashire or have
come to know the county well appreciate its infinite variety — its fells, rivers
and moorlands, sandhills and city skylines, great agricultural plain, fishing
fleets and industry. We remember it as the cradle of modern education and walk its
footpaths which skirt the woodlands and gracious homes. We recall, too, the people
of Lancashire — hard-working, no strangers to poverty and hunger, but always
resilient.
Times, however, are changing. There is
need not only for the conservation of the countryside but also for the preservation
of village memories so we shall not forget the characters who lived in Lancashire,
the things they said, celebrated, played with, enjoyed or suffered. We need a
record of their speech which had humour, dignity and imagination.
For this reason the Lancashire Federation of Women's Institutes asked its members
to write down their homely recollections which can now be classed as
folk-lore.
The result, which I was asked to edit, is
a real Lancashire hot-pot of things remembered. Some are funny, some odd, some —
the simple joys — almost pathetic because they have been swept away in the new
sophisticated age.
These memories I have tried to pass on in
the form in which they were submitted. Dialect has been spelled as it was sent in
although there may be variations of spelling the same word in different parts of
the county.
Naturally there was some duplication and where village customs such as those common
at Easter, on Royal Oak Day, at the church gate or on New Year's Eve have been sent
in by several WIs, probably only one or two mentions have been made.
The response, from nearly 60 Institutes,
has been heartening and it is hoped that in the pages of this Booklet you will find
something to make you — and perhaps your grandparents — smile and agree "That's
reet. That's Lancashire".
SYLVIA LOVAT CORBRIDGE, FRGS.
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CONTENTS
Women's Institutes which have contributed to
Lancashire Lore
ABBEYSTEAD 1
APPLEY BRIDGE 4
AUGHTON 8
BLACKO 9
BOLTON-LE-SANDS I 2
BOUTH 14
BRITANNIA 14
CARTMEL 15
CLAUGHTON-ON-BROCK . 16
CLAYTON-LE-WOODS . 17
CLIVIGER 17
COCKERHAM . 20
COPSTER GREEN AND DISTRICT 2I
DOWNHAM 2 I
DUNSOP BRIDGE 23
EDGWORTH 24
FARINGTON SOUTH 25
FINSTHWAITE AND STAVELEY . 25
GARSTANG 27
HALSALL 29
HAMBLETON 29
HAPTON 30
HAWKSHEAD 30
HAWKSHAW 34
HIGHAM 35
HOGHTON 36
HOOLE 38
HORNBY 39
INCE BLUNDELL 39
LINDALE-IN-CARTMEL . 40
LONGRIDGE-WITH-HOTHERSALL 40
LONGTON . 41
LOVECLOUGH 42
MELLING 42
MOSS SIDE 43
NEWCHURCH . 47
NEWTON AND FIELD BROUGHTON 47
NIBTHWAITE AND BLAWITH . 48
OSMOTHERLY AND MANSRIGGS 49
PARBOLD . 51
PILLING 54
PRODUCE GUILD RECIPES 54
RAINFORD . 56
RIBBY-WITH-WREA 57
RUFFORD . 62
ST MICHAEL'S-ON-WYRE 67
TUNSTALL 69
TURN 69
ULNES WALTON 70
ULPHA AND SEATHWAITE 72
URSWICK . 73
WADDINGTON . 75
WALTON-LE-DALE 75
WARTON 79
WARTON CRAG . 79
WEETON 81
WHALLEY . 84
WHITECHAPEL AND INGLEWHITE 85
WOODPLUMPTON 87
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